Turn Off Or Disable Windows Defender In Windows 8 [How To]

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: disable, Windows 8, windows defender

To protect your computer from viruses, spyware or any other kind of threats, Microsoft developed an anti-virus software called Microsoft Security Essentials. While initially it was intended to be used as an alternative to other 3rd party protection software, it was later on renamed to Windows Defender and integrated as the default protection service from Windows 7 or from the upcoming Windows 8.

Even though Windows Defender has its own antivirus and spyware engine, it does not offer the same level of protection as other third party anti-viruses software do. If you want to install a separate anti-virus protection… Continue to Turn Off Or Disable Windows Defender In Windows 8 [How To]

BreakTaker Reminds You To Take A Break From The Computer

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: breaktaker, pc, reminder

One of the biggest problems that happen while working on the PC is that you can easily get caught up into a project and forget to take a break. If you do not take a PC break from time to time, your eyes will start to get tired, fatigue will take over you and in the end you will notice that you have a headache once you decide to shut down the computer.

Fortunately though, a programmer that probably faced this situation numerous times decided to create an application called BreakTaker, which reminds you to take a… Continue to BreakTaker Reminds You To Take A Break From The Computer

Use Extended Display & Second Screen In Windows 8 [How To]

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: extended display, second screen, Windows 8

With the upcoming Windows 8 operating system, Microsoft wants to improve as many aspects of the user experience as possible. One feature that they decided to focus on in Windows 8 is the extended display and second screen that you use while you’re working on the desktop PC. An interesting fact about this feature is that you can have the Windows 8 Start Screen on one monitor and the desktop on the second screen.

With the Windows 8 Consumer Preview version of the operating system that Microsoft decided to release a while ago, there are a lot of users… Continue to Use Extended Display & Second Screen In Windows 8 [How To]

Download Windows 8 Transformation & UX Pack For XP/ Vista/ 7

By Clarkson in Windows 8 1 Comment Tags: download, transformation pack, ux pack, v 4.0, Windows 8

A while ago the internet was full of Windows 8 Consumer Preview news. In the first hours since, this OS has been released, more than one million of copies have been downloaded. That’s a huge success for Microsoft but nobody had wondered about it. Maybe that’s because the new Windows 8 comes with many fresh features and in fact it uses a platform which totally different from the one that we are used, since the 95 version.

I don’t know how many of you have downloaded the new Windows 8, but for those which would like to have the… Continue to Download Windows 8 Transformation & UX Pack For XP/ Vista/ 7

Set Google As Homepage In IE 10 [Internet Explorer How To]

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: Google, internet explorer 10, search engine, Windows 8

When Windows 8 will finally be released users will notice that IE 10 comes with Microsoft’s Bing setup as the homepage or default search engine, for both the Metro and desktop version of the popular internet browser.

Until now, setting Google as homepage in Internet Explorer (or default search engine) wasa task that could be done easily by anyone who knew how to use a browser. As IE 10 now plays an important role in the Windows 8 experience, you will have to use the search provider feature and add it to the approved list. This article will show… Continue to Set Google As Homepage In IE 10 [Internet Explorer How To]

Classic Shell 3.4 Brings ’98 Like Classic Start Menu And Orb In Windows 8

By James in Windows 8 1 Comment Tags: classic shell 3.5, classic start menu, Windows 8

Windows 8 Consumer Preview was released more than a month ago but I recently read a report which stated that Windows 8 adoption among users is still in low numbers. This happens probably due to the fact that Windows 8 Consumer Preview is aimed at both touch enabled devices and desktop PC’s. While you can install Windows 8 on the latter, you can barely see any tablets available that are ready for the new operating system.

Moreover, the upcoming Windows 8 comes with a redesigned user interface called Metro, which does not have the classic start menu and button… Continue to Classic Shell 3.4 Brings '98 Like Classic Start Menu And Orb In Windows 8

IconRestorer Lets You Save & Restore Desktop Icon Position In Windows 8

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: desktop, IconRestorer, Windows 8

Saving file after file on your desktop or extracting contents of archives in the same location, can lead to having a clogged up desktop, full of icons which you do not necessarily use or need. To increase productivity while you’re working on the computer, you should get rid of such files or icons wasting desktop space and then arrange the remaining icons in a way that will help you identify them easily.

Even though you manage to clean your desktop and arrange the icons as you like, whenever you will connect another display or a projector the position of… Continue to IconRestorer Lets You Save & Restore Desktop Icon Position In Windows 8

Close All Open Windows With A Single Click In Windows 8 [How To]

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: close open windows, Windows 8

I am pretty sure that sometimes while you were working on the computer, you reached a point when all those open windows did more damage than help. Sure, you could start analyzing which one you actually need and which not and close them separately, but this would take a lot of time. For windows opened by Windows explorer, you can press the Shift key and then click on the close button to immediately close them but what can you do about windows opened by third party software?

Well, you would have to install an application like Close All which… Continue to Close All Open Windows With A Single Click In Windows 8 [How To]

Internet Exlporer 10 Metro & Desktop Versions In Windows 8 [Differences]

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: internet explorer 10, Metro, Windows 8

Windows 8 comes with two instances or versions of Internet Explorer 10, one that is strictly related to the new Metro UI and one tied to the classic desktop interface. In the upcoming Windows 8 operating system, it looks like the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 will be set as the default browser; Microsoft allows you to change this settings in any moment, to the desktop version of the IE 10 browser.

Microsoft took the decision to have the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10 setup as the default one because Windows 8 targets touch devices such as… Continue to Internet Exlporer 10 Metro & Desktop Versions In Windows 8 [Differences]

Switch Instantly From One Proxy To Another With ProxySwap

By James in Windows 8 No Comments Tags: change proxy, proxyswap, Windows 8

Not being able to access a website can lead to a user testing if everything is ok with the internet connection. In most of these cases, you cannot access the website because it was restricted to only a specific geographic location based on IP, to protect the administrator of the domain from breaking laws that exist in other regions.

An example would be the Pandora online radio service, which in theory can be accessed only from inside the United States. YouTube also has a limited availability restriction for some of the videos uploaded by music record companies.

You… Continue to Switch Instantly From One Proxy To Another With ProxySwap